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[352] Dare to change the sun and the moon to a new sky for the sake of sacrifice

General Tan Guansan, political commissar of the 18th Army, stepped off the rostrum, and shook hands with the cadres and soldiers of the 154th regiment one by one.

Watching the 154th regiment singing songs with high spirits and lining up to advance towards the mountains in the distance, political commissar Tan said to Commander Zhang distressedly: "Old Zhang, in half a month, the Tibetan area will enter the rainy season. I am familiar with it." The weather guide in the Tibetan area said that any rain will last for more than ten days without stopping, and the people on the road will have no dry clothes on them. I don’t know how many comrades will fall ill.”

Army Commander Zhang Guohua frowned, and said seriously, "Old Tan, Boss Deng went to Beijing for a meeting, and when he came back, do you still remember the calligraphy handwritten by the chairman of the 18th Army?"

Commissar Tan's face was solemn, and he read sonorously: "...the red flag rolled up the serf's halberd, and the black hand hung the overlord's whip. In order to have so much ambition to sacrifice, dare to ask the sun and the moon to change the sky..."

Hearing the latter sentence, Commander Zhang read it in unison.

"Old Tan, do you understand?"

Commissar Tan nodded slowly and said, "I understand this truth, but I still feel a little distressed..."

Commander Zhang said: "What are you distressed about? I am honored! Very honored! The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, how can we wait for a perfect opportunity to use it for us.

In spring, it is too cold in the mountains, in summer, it is rainy and mudslides, in autumn, it is bitingly cold and rainy, and in winter, the mountains are blocked by heavy snow.The climate on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is actually not as happy as in other places.But we can't wait any longer, choosing a general from among the dwarfs, marching in summer is already the best choice. "

Political Commissar Tan nodded again and said: "Fortunately, everyone is equipped with raincoats and enough waterproof canvas belts, and the military tents issued by the central government are indeed sufficient and easy to use. In addition, each regiment has two portable diesel generators. Go, the living conditions are still passable."

Commander Zhang said: "There are always those who fall ill. The 155th regiment is now armed to the teeth? A full set of the best equipment in our army, plus the first-class food in the whole country! But it's only been a month since we left, and it has already been sent back." There are more than a dozen, I looked at them, and they are basically caused by altitude sickness.”

Commander Zhang continued: "According to the telegram sent back by the 155th regiment, many soldiers were uncomfortable and short of breath when they turned over the mountains before, and many of the mules they took with them fell down and died.

I asked the soldiers who got sick, most of them were caused by rushing too hard when climbing the mountain.Therefore, this time we repeatedly warned the 154th regiment not to rush when climbing the mountain, not to engage in competitions, and not to be brave. "

Political commissar Tan said: "Fortunately, the central government has provided a pressure cooker, which is amazing, and it is the only way to cook rice on the plateau.

I heard that even Tibetans eat glutinous rice cakes all the year round because of cooking rice.But our team, for the first time in Tibet, can eat good food cooked in a pressure cooker, which is really a good condition. "

Commander Zhang smiled and said, "The conditions are not bad. Didn't the telegram of the 155th regiment say that after they sent a pressure cooker to an old patriarch, he was very happy to give them a yak! I heard that there are some pressure cookers in Tibet. What are they called?" Papan, but they are all imported from foreign countries, and only noble and noble slave owners can afford to use them."

Political commissar Tan said: "Yes, this news is very important. I have already reported it to Junwei, hoping to help us with some more pressure cookers. This will greatly help improve the living standards of the Tibetan people, and the army can also use them to replace them. Food and livestock kill two birds with one stone. The most important thing is that the pressure cooker allocated by the central government is really cheap! I heard that the Paping pan in Tibet is all imported, and a small bite costs three gold bars! But the pressure cooker allocated by the central government , the 30-centimeter-sized ones only sell for 70 yuan, I think, if our 18th Army uses pressure cookers to do business along the way, it will definitely bring back a lot of funds for the Southwest government.”

Commander Zhang smiled and said, "Where did the central government allocate so many pressure cookers to us. The current low price is purely to take care of us. I see, there must be a price but no stock."

While the two were talking, they saw the little correspondent running over from the small red brick building of the military headquarters with a smile on his face.

"Commander! Political commissar! Good news!"

Commander Zhang smiled and said, "What news? Don't be secretive, tell me quickly!"

The little correspondent jumped up and down excitedly and shouted: "The political commissar's request to allocate 70 pressure cookers for sale in Tibetan areas has been approved! The Southwest government informed us that the North Capital said, 18 yuan a mouthful, how much does our [-]th Army want? , as much as the northern capital can approve! The regional sales and pricing power belongs to the Southwest government."

Commander Zhang was surprised and said: "That's great! What are you talking about!"

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Just as Fan Ming, the head of the 155th regiment, was lying on the ground panting for breath, stood up and went to the cooking class to check the preparations for lunch, the guard Wu Dagui came to report again.

"Reporting to the head of the group, the Tibetan boy named Zhuoga has followed up with his family's yak."

"What? Here we go again. Isn't this nonsense? Didn't the political commissar tell him that the pressure cooker was sent to his house by our army, and it doesn't cost money."

The guard Wu Dagui, whose name sounds old-fashioned, but he is only 18 this year. The young man said cheerfully: "Listen to the translation of the guide who can speak Tibetan. Zhuoga said that he wants to join the People's Liberation Army and make revolution with us. The yak and the yak on it His father asked him to bring the barley noodles, which were his rations.

Leader, this young man can sing very well. He can already sing the song "The Glory of Chairman M" sung by Tsedan Dolma that we taught him in the village. "

Head Fan pushed helplessly: "I only care about fighting. I haven't been in charge of the recruitment policy for a long time. I can't make the decision. You can ask the political commissar."

Wu Dagui had no choice but to ask political commissar Jiang Hongquan.

Commissar Jiang also made a difficult decision. While hesitating, Zhuoga, a Tibetan guy with healthy wheat-colored skin, said something to the guide.

The guide Li Futian translated: "Zhuoga said that he understood the movie "Serf" we showed in the village, and many villagers in his village understood it! They know that Chairman M is the great savior descended from the sky, m The chairman is the sun of the poor, and the light of the chairman shines on the serfs! The leader of the reactionary lama is the sun of the nobles, which only shines on the nobles, not on the serfs. Zhuoga made a great wish to the Buddha. He will help the PLA in his life and let Chairman m This real sun shines on all the serfs in Tibet!"

Political Commissar Jiang nodded happily at Zhuo Ga when he heard this, and said to Li Futian, "Ask him, is he really good at singing the songs we teach, as he said?"

As soon as Li Futian told Zhuoga, Zhuoga immediately began to sing, which was the Tibetan version of Caidan Zhuoma's song "The Turned Serf Sings" that the regiment had played in the village before.

After Zhuoga finished singing, Li Futian said with a worried face: "Political commissar, you take him in! If the headman finds out that he sneaked out to join the People's Liberation Army, when he returns, he will goug out his eyes with a horn knife!"

Political Commissar Jiang said angrily: "They dare! Lao Li! You let him follow us! This place is far away from Zheduo. Let him go back alone, and he will not feel at ease on the road. Besides, you said so , I am even more worried about letting him go back! Tell him to follow our guide group first and learn some Chinese. I will make up for his enlistment later.”

"Yes!" Li Futian finally got a solution, and happily told Zhuoga.

Zhuoga nodded repeatedly after hearing the news.

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就在18军先头进藏部队52师154团、155团沿着川藏公路南北两线向昌都挺进之时。18军53师也接到了艰巨的任务，53师全体一万一千400人全体改制为工程兵，参加川藏线的修筑工程。

Where is the first risk on the Sichuan-Tibet Highway?

Erlang Mountain!

At the Erlangshan Tunnel construction site at this moment, more than a dozen diesel generators are rumbling, more than a dozen rock drills and hundreds of pneumatic drills are making an even more ear-splitting roar, rocks are constantly being broken, and blast holes are being dug out one by one .

Thousands of engineering soldiers and migrant workers pushed wheelbarrows, constantly transporting stones and soil out of the tunnel.

As loud as the sound of work on the construction site is the song "Singing Erlang Mountain" played on the tweeter.

"Er ya, Erlang Shan~~~

So high, so high!

Dead trees and wild grass are all over the mountains,

Boulders are all over the hills.

…………

Er ya me Erlang Mountain,

Even if you are tall!

People's Liberation Army, tough man,

Make up your mind, be strong,

take that road~~

Cultivate it to Tibet!

…………

Don't be afraid of the wind blowing, not afraid of the snowflakes floating!

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The division commander, Jin Shaoshan, stood on the construction site in high spirits, looking at the [-] road construction army that was constantly advancing towards the mountain.

Among these people are cadres and soldiers, as well as local migrant workers in Sichuan. People chanted loudly and poured sweat on the road leading to the roof of the world.

Master Jin Shaoshan pointed to the construction army that was climbing up the mountain in a line, and said to his old partner political commissar Wang Qimei: "Old Wang, look at how spectacular this scene is! I believe that we will be able to finish the construction within five years." Inside, build the road to Lhasa!"

Commissar Wang said: "The most important thing right now is to quickly build the Ganzi Airport. This is the number one task assigned by the army commander."

Master Jin said: "Now the railway capacity is tight, and the road rollers and rocks used to repair the airport will not arrive here until next month. Right now, we can only use homemade wooden wheeled carts and soldiers' shoulders to carry the rocks. Many soldiers' shoulders It's covered in blood scabs!"

Political Commissar Wang said: "You also said, didn't you also rot your shoulders? Fortunately, last week, all the labor protection gloves were provided for the soldiers. Otherwise, the number of soldiers with worn-out handles on the pull ropes of carts would not have increased. How many!"

Master Jin Shaoshan said: "Seeing the soldiers rubbing the cotton clothes to bloom, their fingers grinding calluses and bleeding, dripping everywhere on the stones and in the crevices of the stones, my heart aches. But I saw again, those who just The little girls in the art troupe who joined the army can pull the stone rollers bigger than them to level the ground, and my heart is hot again."

Political Commissar Wang said proudly: "Yes! Such a great fighter, such a great people, in their hands, all miracles can be created!

Shaoshan, I think right now, it is serious for us to hurry up and build hundreds of cave dwellings on the mountainside!With so many troops, we can't live in tents all the time. In winter, living in tents can't make a fire.Before the ancillary houses of the airport are built, let's dig out more cave dwellings on the mountain. "